What Separates Me and You

Chapter 184 Was This How She Begged You

Lewis clasped Josephine’s hand again and slowly said, “Come with me. We’ll get the divorce certificate after your wounds are healed.”

Josephine slowly looked up after hearing this.

“Can we go now?”

Josephine lowered her eyes again and stared at her toes.

Lewis brought her to the car and helped her fasten her seat belts. Then, he went to the driver’s seat and drove out of the mansion’s compound.

When they arrived back at Styx Mansion, Lewis brought out the first aid kit and cleaned Josephine’s hands of the blood stains with the disinfectant.

Josephine sat motionless on the sofa, permitting Lewis’ actions.

He was very gentle, but Josephine still cringed when the alcohol touched the wounds on her fingertips.

“Stay still. Bear with me,” said Lewis as he held her hand steadfastly. Although he tried his best to be careful when disinfecting her wounds, Josephine would still tremble whenever the alcohol came in contact with them.

She could remember clearly the anguish she felt when the needle penetrated her fingertips.

She couldn’t put the pain into words, but she felt she could understand why their forefathers. would think the fingers are connected to the heart.

As enraged as Lewis had been, he had never treated her this way.

The most brutal act Lewis did to her was merely locking her up.

After Lewis cleaned her hands, he observed three of her fingernails were red with an easily discerned thin line of blood running through the middle.

He had a dangerous glint in his eyes that quickly disappeared.

After he finished applying medication to Josephine’s wounds, she was again covered in sweat, and her face was as pale as chalk

“It’s done.”

Josephine kept her head lowered all the time. When she heard him, she quietly withdrew her hand.

Lewis raised his hand to touch her face, but she turned her head slightly and dodged his hand.

a word, Lewis stared fixedly at her for several moments before putting his

184 Was This How She Begged

He rose and said, “Have a good rest.”

that, he promptly left, closing the door after him-locking it

her head to look at the door. The door had

the light that entered the room

at her fingers. Her little finger, index

sky, and clamoring thunder came right after. Following an ear- splitting rumble, it

willow tree in the lawn, breaking

her eyes staring blankly at the potted plant in

the heavy rain, several hunks flung Mrs. Harrold to the muddy ground. Rain soaked her thoroughly, and her hair was in an utter mess. Under the ferocious rain,

from the ground and tried to look for a way

on an errand when someone captured her

She could only hear dogs barking

an unknown wound or the heavy rain pounding on her, the weight was

she walked a few steps before

They stood like statues in the rain as

terrified. She stumbled and crawled, trying to find a way out, but when she fell

water stained those

for him as

startled. She bent her body lower and fervently begged for mercy. “Master Lewis, it’s all my fault, I merely followed Mrs. Alvarez’s orders and didn’t do it out of my own will. Please forgive me, Master Lewis. I won’t repeat my

Was The How She Begged You.

a deaf ear to Mrs. Alvarez’s instructions. Master Lewis! I have mouths to

for this once, Master Lewis. I

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everything going her way while she worked for Nancy all these years Roery maid in the household sucked up to her, and even outsiders

and about.

mind she would end up like this, less

rang loud and clear in the smattering rain, but Lewis seemed to nothing. His face remained emotionless as he stood there

voice above her saying, “Was this how she begged you, too?”

evident than before. She

alone beg!” He abruptly raised his leg and kicked her, toppling her over. He pressed

Harrold uttered with difficulty. The pressure on her face increased, forcing her to swallow

I look amiable to